MATCH REPORT SUNDAY.

22nd November.  Drummonds Dubb.


Eight anglers turned up, three of them were guests (good job for guests eh!).
I'am afraid there will not be any photo's, today on this match, because some idiot decided to drop is camera in a deep puddle,as he got out of the van. Will the guilty please raise you hand?.

Okay i have put my hand down now, so i can write the report, so here goes.

Draw was at 8-45am. Please God give me an high number, "i drew peg 2". We left out permanent pegs 1, and 2, as they are too shallow. So we moved them up a bit. (one day i will draw the deeps). Adrian Davis drew peg 5, as he's done well on this peg before, he was happy. Bian Dix drew end peg 8 , and Nick Willis (guest) drew peg 7, both in the deeps, they where very happy. Me, and Terry Raybold (guest) peg 1,drew the wrong end, and we where not to chuffed. The rest where reasonably happy with there's.
The all in went at 9-45am. Out went the feeder with chopped worm, and red maggot on the hook. Re-cast several times to get some bait out there. Waited half an hour for my first fish, a skimmer  about 4 oz's. The hook got caught in the landing net. Now as i use barbed hooks for silvers (where aloud) it was a problem getting it out, without damaging it. No such luck it bent out of shape, so i had to change my hook length.
My match went pretty steady with a few skimmers, before the small roach decided to put in an appearence. Lightening bites resulted in a lot of missed bites, maggots chewed to bits (hair pulling job, or what). Came in on the pole line, and tried it for half an hour, to give the feeder line a rest, and hopefully the small roach would p--s off by the time i went back out there. Half hour, and 4 small roach later, i decided to throw the pole up the bank, and go back out on the feeder. First put in i had a skimmer  for about a pound, cheered me up a bit.
Next put in a roach, bit bigger than the eye's i was catching earlier. Decided to put a bigger hook on , with a new hook length, size 16's. Put three red maggot,s on, hoping for bigger fish. It worked to an extent, that the roach where a littlt bigger, with the odd  decent skimmer thrown in. Alas my fishing skills are limited, so i stuck with this, to the end of the match. The all out went at 3-45pm. I had 43 fish for 14-6-0. Beat both anglers either side of me, so was happy with that. Adrian Davis ain't to happy with peg  5 anymore. The fancied deeps came good with 2nd, and 3rd. Fair play to dickie on peg 4, he beat the fancied pegs to win the match, well done dickie. It rained,and rained, the wind was blowing a gale, but besides soggy ciggies,and cold hands it was an enjoyable silvers match. To my camera R.I.P. Paid out top two, not sure what they won, as i finished out of the coin (again) so i did'nt  really care. I know sour grapes.
Got a spare camera so shall be alright for next week.

RESULTS.

1st Dick Lewis. Peg 4.   20-11-0.

2nd. Brian Dix. Peg 8.   16-9-0.

3rd. Nick Willis (Guest no photo). Peg 7.  15-9-0.

4th. Me.  Peg 2.  14-6-0.

5th. Tony Warner.(Guest no photo). Peg 3.  11-10-0.

6th. Adrian Davis. Peg 5.  11-2-0.

7th. Charlie Chang. Peg 6.  10-8-0.

8th. Terry Raybold. (Guest no photo).  7-13-0.

Our winter league starts here at Drummonds in the new year, wonder if we are in for a hard time. But aye that is winter fishing for you. Wonder what the facts are about winter fishing, lets see.

Fact 1. It's a cold dark morning when you get up, and leave the house.

Your family are all snuggly, still in their nice warm bed's.

Fact 2. You get to the match, and its freezing, you may or may not get a good draw.(still don't know what a good draw is in winter).

Your family may be stirring from there nice warm slumber.

Fact 3. The next 5 hours could be pure hell.

Your family has had a nice breakfast, a nice snack for dinner, and about five lovely cups of tea, during those five hours.

Fact 4. You pack away, witness the weigh in, drive home in the dark, thawing out with the cars heater on full blast.

Your families had a nice cosy day with the central heating blasting out all day, They,ve watched the live footie on the box. there ready for there tea now, waiting for you to get home.

Fact 5. Really speaking who are the nutter's here. C'mon why do we do it. All answers to the mental health insitute please.

Okay one nutter to the next, thanks for reading, will upload Dave Hoare's report tomorrow, and try and get Gloucester .angling Centre's winter league results, to upload wednesday or thursday.

 bye for now STEVE.

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